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Headquarters U.S. Air Force
Integrity | Service | Excellence
THE
UNITED STATES
AIR FORCE
Headquarters U.S. Air Force
Integrity | Service | Excellence
WHO WE ARE
WHAT WE DO
HOW WE DO IT
OVERVIEW
Headquarters U.S. Air Force
Integrity | Service | Excellence
WHO WE ARE
Headquarters U.S. Air Force
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OUR AIRMEN
0 200 400
248.5
64.5
105
67.1 183.3
FY15 End Strength (total personnel)
Civilian
AF Reserve
Air National Guard
Active Officer
Active Enlisted
Total Force Strength
668.4K
Avg Yrs Service/Age
Officer 11 yrs/35
Enlisted 8 yrs/29
Civilians 15 yrs/48
*37% of active duty force < 26 yrs
K K
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OUR ORGANIZATION
Headquarters Air Force
Major Commands (MAJCOM)
Operations
Group
Squadrons*
Maintenance
Group
Squadrons*
Medical
Group
Squadrons*
Mission
Support Group
Squadrons*
WING
*Squadrons are the Air Force’s
foundational unit
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OUR ORGANIZATION Deployed Construct
*The basic fighting unit
of the Air Force
Expeditionary
Operations
Group
Expeditionary
Squadrons*
Air Expeditionary
Wing
Expeditionary
Maintenance
Group
Expeditionary
Medical
Group
Expeditionary
Mission
Support Grp
Expeditionary
Squadrons*
Expeditionary
Squadrons*
Expeditionary
Squadrons*
Joint Force Air Component
Commander and
Commander, Air Force Forces
Joint Force Commander
Air Operations
Center
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OUR LOCATIONS Active Duty Bases
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OUR LOCATIONS Guard & Reserve Bases
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OUR GLOBAL PRESENCE A TYPICAL AIR FORCE DAY
Deployed Airmen
Forward Bases
• 21,000+ AF personnel deployed to 179 worldwide locations
• 16,000+ Airmen deployed to CENTCOM
• 1,000+ Airmen working directly with partner nations
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OUR CORE VALUES
Integrity First
Service Before Self
Excellence in All We Do
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OUR SPIRIT OF INNOVATION
Hypersonics
Autonomy Unmanned Systems
Directed Energy
Nanotechnology
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“air superiority…
strategic air force…
air reconnaissance…
airlift…
coordination of air defense”
Executive Order 9877 -26 July 1947
WHAT WE DO
Headquarters U.S. Air Force
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WHAT WE DO “FLY, FIGHT & WIN…IN AIR, SPACE AND CYBERSPACE”
Air Superiority
Strategic Air Force
Air Reconnaissance
Airlift
Coordination of Air Defense
Air and Space Superiority
Global Strike
Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
Rapid Global Mobility
Command and Control
1947 Today
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WHAT WE DO
Global Vigilance Maintain awareness of any entity,
anywhere in the world
Global Reach Project military capability to any point,
anywhere in the world
Global Power Hold any target at risk, anywhere in the world
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HOW WE DO IT…GLOBAL STRIKE ANY TARGET, ANY TIME
Nuclear Deterrence
450 Minuteman IIIs
24/7/365 alert
Close Air Support
Daily sorties in Iraq, Syria
& Afghanistan
Air Interdiction
Deliberate & dynamic targets in
Iraq & Syria
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RAPID GLOBAL MOBILITY DELIVERY ON DEMAND
Airlift
490,000 short tons of cargo delivered
1.1 million passengers transported
Nepal Earthquake: first sortie arrived
within 44 hours
Super Storm Sandy: “Air bridge” of
supplies
Aeromedical Evacuation
3,288 patients moved globally
Air Refueling
1.1 billion pounds of fuel offloaded
during 30,000 sorties
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AIR SUPERIORITY FREEDOM FROM ATTACK
Global Commitment
Baltic Air Policing
Asia Theater Security Rotations
April 1953
The last time an American
ground troop was killed by
ordnance delivered from an
enemy aircraft
Homeland Defense
Aircraft on 24/7/365 alert
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SPACE SUPERIORITY ENSURES FREEDOM OF ACTION
Spacelift
Two USAF launch ranges (CA & FL)
Military & Industry Launches
Global Space Mission Operations
GPS
Missile Warning
Secure Communications
Environmental Monitoring
Satellite Operations
AF enables six constellations & 150+ satellites
Tracks 23,000+ man-made objects
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INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE,
& RECONNAISSANCE GLOBAL EYES AND EARS
Persistent Overwatch
60 global combat air patrols
Full-motion video 24/7
Cross-Domain Targeting
700 enemy combatants removed
1,700 IEDs identified
Battlespace Awareness
18 million images
35,000 sorties
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COMMAND AND CONTROL RIGHT INFO… RIGHT PERSON…RIGHT TIME
Tactical Units
Joint Terminal Attack Controllers
(JTACs)
Air Operations Centers (AOCs)
Five Functional AOCs: Cyber, Space, Special Ops, Global Strike, Air Mobility
Seven Geographic/Theater AOCs
Airborne Platforms
JSTARS, AWACS,
National Airborne Operations Center
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MORE KEY MISSIONS
DV Airlift
1,217 sorties to 122 nations
Personnel Recovery
Aircraft on 24/7/365 alert Cyber Airmen
15,000 Total Force Airmen
Key to execution, enhancement, and
support of every AF core mission
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GLOBAL VIGILANCE, GLOBAL
REACH, GLOBAL POWER OPERATION ODYSSEY DAWN
First night, 3x B-2 Spirit bombers:
25 hour sorties…
Mid-air refueled four times…
Real-time C2 and target awareness…
EFFECT: Destroyed Libyan Air Force while it was still on the ground!
Missouri
Libya
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LEARN MORE ABOUT US
Our Vision
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more? Find it all at:
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Our Strategy
Our Mission
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